get_field() for separate groups shows value from the same group??

• jwm

• November 28, 2024 at 10:58 pm

I have 2 groups within my block

It all displays correctly and saves correctly. No issues.
However, in my template I try to get the values and I get strange issues.

var_dump(get_field('group_four_square_main_square_background'));
var_dump(get_field('group_four_square_main_square_cta'));

Both return the SAME values!

Why?

function init_four_square_fields() {
  acf_add_local_field_group([
    'key' => 'group_four_square',
    'title' => 'Four Square',
    'fields' => [
      [
        'key' => 'field_four_square_main_square_title',
        'label' => 'Title',
        'name' => 'four_square_main_square_title',
        'type' => 'text',
        'prefix' => '',
        'instructions' => '',
        'required' => 0,
        'conditional_logic' => 0,
        'wrapper' => [
          'width' => '100',
          'class' => '',
          'id' => '',
        ],
        'default_value' => '',
        'placeholder' => '',
        'prepend' => '',
        'append' => '',
        'maxlength' => '',
        'readonly' => 0,
        'disabled' => 0,
      ],
      [
        'key' => 'field_four_square_main_square_description',
        'label' => 'Description',
        'name' => 'four_square_main_square_description',
        'type' => 'textarea',
        'prefix' => '',
        'instructions' => '',
        'required' => 0,
        'conditional_logic' => 0,
        'wrapper' => [
          'width' => '100',
          'class' => '',
          'id' => '',
        ],
        'default_value' => '',
        'placeholder' => '',
        'prepend' => '',
        'append' => '',
        'maxlength' => '',
        'readonly' => 0,
        'disabled' => 0,
      ],
      [
        'key' => "group_four_square_main_square_cta",
        'label' => 'CTA',
        'type' => 'group',
        'layout' => 'block',
        'sub_fields' => [
          [
            'key' => 'link',
            'name' => 'link',
            'label' => 'Link',
            'type' => 'link',
            'instructions' => '',
            'required' => 0,
            'conditional_logic' => 0,
            'wrapper' => [
              'width' => '50',
              'class' => '',
              'id' => '',
            ],
            'return_format' => 'array',
            'wpml_cf_preferences' => 2,
            'acfml_field_group_mode' => 'advanced',
          ],
          [
            'key' => 'class',
            'name' => 'class',
            'label' => 'Class',
            'type' => 'text',
            'required' => 0,
            'conditional_logic' => 0,
            'wrapper' => [
              'width' => '50',
              'class' => '',
              'id' => '',
            ],
            'wpml_cf_preferences' => 0,
            'maxlength' => '255',
          ]
        ]
      ],
      [
        'key' => "group_four_square_main_square_background",
        'label' => 'Main Square Background',
        'type' => 'group',
        'layout' => 'block',
        'sub_fields' => [
          [
            'key' => 'type',
            'label' => 'Type',
            'name' => 'type',
            'type' => 'radio',
            'instructions' => '',
            'required' => 0,
            'conditional_logic' => 0,
            'wrapper' => [
              'width' => '50',
              'class' => '',
              'id' => '',
            ],
            'choices' => [
              'image' => 'Image',
              'video' => 'Video',
              'color' => 'Color',
              // 'embed' => 'Embed video',
            ],
            'allow_null' => 0,
            'other_choice' => 0,
            'default_value' => 'color',
            'layout' => 'horizontal',
            'return_format' => 'value',
            'save_other_choice' => 0,
            'wpml_cf_preferences' => 0,
            'acfml_field_group_mode' => 'advanced',
          ],
          [
            'key' => 'image',
            'label' => 'Image',
            'name' => 'image',
            'type' => 'image',
            'instructions' => '',
            'required' => 0,
            'conditional_logic' => [
              [
                [
                  'field' => 'type',
                  'operator' => '==',
                  'value' => 'image',
                ],
              ],
            ],
            'wrapper' => [
              'width' => '50',
              'class' => '',
              'id' => '',
            ],
            'return_format' => 'array',
            'preview_size' => 'full',
            'library' => 'all',
            'min_width' => '',
            'min_height' => '',
            'min_size' => '',
            'max_width' => '',
            'max_height' => '',
            'max_size' => '',
            'mime_types' => '',
          ],
          [
            'key' => 'video',
            'label' => 'Video',
            'name' => 'video',
            'type' => 'file',
            'instructions' => '',
            'required' => 0,
            'conditional_logic' => [
              [
                [
                  'field' => 'type',
                  'operator' => '==',
                  'value' => 'video',
                ],
              ],
            ],
            'wrapper' => [
              'width' => '50',
              'class' => '',
              'id' => '',
            ],
            'return_format' => 'array',
            'library' => 'all',
            'min_size' => '',
            'max_size' => '',
            'mime_types' => '',
          ],
          [
            'key' => 'color',
            'name' => 'color',
            'type' => 'select',
            'choices' => [],
            'conditional_logic' => [
              [
                [
                  'field' => 'type',
                  'operator' => '==',
                  'value' => 'color',
                ],
              ],
            ],
          ]
        ]
      ],
    ],
    'location' => [
      [
        [
          'param' => 'block',
          'operator' => '==',
          'value' => 'acf/four-square',
        ],
      ],
    ],
    'menu_order' => 0,
    'position' => 'normal',
    'style' => 'default',
    'label_placement' => 'top',
    'instruction_placement' => 'label',
    'hide_on_screen' => '',
  ]);
}

add_action('acf/init', 'init_four_square_fields');

• jwm

• November 29, 2024 at 9:38 am

I found the issue,

Turns out groups also need a ‘name’ field.
Which makes sense in retrospect since they’re considered Repeater fields with one row.